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J. WELLING. WATER FILTER.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN EDWARD WELLING, OF OYNTHIANA, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TO OTERIA E. FRISBIE AND D. L. EVANS, OF SAME PLACE.

WATER-FILTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 516,981, dated March 20, 1894.

Appiianon nea June 19. 1893. seria No. 478.171,. (No maar To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOHN EDWARD WELL- ING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oynthiana, in the county of Harrison pipe.

and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Filters, (on which I received Letters Patent in this, the United States of America, No. 489,354, dated January 3, 1893,) and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of the specification.

My invention relates to water iltersl of that class or description designed to be used in connection with cisterns or other receptacles, whereby the water is filtered before entering the same.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved device for the above named purpose which shall possess superior advantages with respect to efficiency in use.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of a filter constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the Wire gauze or perforated metal cap or cover for the outlet Fig. 4 is a detail View of the central perforated outlet pipe. Fig. 5 is a plan View of Wire cap or cover shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 1S a view of the inner cylinder detached. Fig. 7 is a sectional View of the elbow outlet pipe.

In the said drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates a receptacle, of wood, metal or other suitable material, and, in the present instance is shown as being cylindrical in shape, although it may be of any other form desired or found convenient.

The numeral 2 designates the bottom of said receptacle, conical in shape and formed .with a central aperture for the passage of the central outlet pipe 5, which extends down below said receptacle. lThis pipe extends upwardly about two thirds the height of said receptacle and at its upper end is provided with a wire or perforated met-al cap or cover 3, formed with a cylindrical sleeve 3 which its in the upper end-of pipe 5. The upper part of this cap is in the form of an inverted truncated cone.

The numeral 6 designates a cylinder 1ocated within'the receptacle l, and extending from top to bottom thereof its lower end being formed of Wire gauze or perforated metal, while the remaining portion is imperforat-e. This cylinder is concentric with pipe 5, and rests upon the conical bottom 2, of the receptacle, and is of a diameter `corresponding with that of the cap 3, so that the latter tits snugly therein, with its periphery abutting against the inner surface thereof.

The numeral 4 designates the inlet pipe which extends about half-way down the receptacle 1, between the inner surface of the same and the outer side of the cylinder 6.

The numeral S designates an elbow connected with the conical bottom 2, at the periphery thereof. This elbow is provided with a valve 8a and an operating rod 9.

The numeral 7, designates a packing of vpipe 4, and escaping into the cylinder 6 through the perforated lower end thereof will riseup into the filtering material from whence it escapes in a clean and pure condition through the perforations in the outlet pipe 5, and from thence to the cistern. The water will also escape through the perforated or wire cap, the latter preventing the filtering material from escaping through the outlet pipe.

By means of the elbow outlet pipe, the sediment and impure and dirty water may be drawn off from the receptacle, by raising the valve 8a by means of rod 9.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is v 1. In a iilter the combination with the receptacle having a conical bottom, of the cylroo inder located in said receptacle and extending from top to bottom thereof and having 1ts lower end perforated, the perforated central outlet pipe extending through said bottom up into said cylinder, the inverted conical cap at the upper end of said pipe, the lterlng material between said pipe and cylinder, and the inlet pipe, substantially as described.

2. In a *lter the combination with the receptacle having a conical bottom and an elbow outlet pipe at the lower end thereof provided with a valve and an operating rod, of the inner cylinder extending from top to bottom of said receptacle and having its lower end perforated, the central perforated outlet pipe extending up through said bottom into the said cylinder, the inverted conical perforated cap, the perforated plate in the lower part of said cylinder, the packing or filtering material interposed between said cylinder and the receptacle and the inlet pipe, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

p JOHN EDWARD WELLING.

Witnesses:

M. C. SWINFORD, l-I. H. JEWETT. 

